1961 World Sportscar Championship

The 1961 World Sportscar Championship was the ninth season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was contested over a five race series,^[1] which ran from 25 March to 15 August 1961. The title was won by Italian manufacturer Ferrari.^[1]

1961 World Sportscar Championship

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Season schedule and results

Ferrari won the 1961 World Sports Car Championship with their 250 TR61 (pictured) and 246 SP models

Maserati placed second with their Tipo 61 (pictured) and Tipo 63 models

Porsche placed third with their 718 RS61 model (pictured)

Schedule with results

Round	Date	Race	Circuit	Location	Winning Team	Winning Drivers	Winning Car	Results
1	March 25	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida, United States	#14 Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results
2	April 30	Targa Florio	Circuito delle Madonie	Cerda, Sicily, Italy	#162 Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang von Trips Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 246 SP	Results
3	May 28	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	#1 Camoradi USA	Masten Gregory Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 61	Results
4	June 10-11	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, Sarthe, France	#10 Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results
5	August 15	4 Hours of Pescara	Pescara Circuit	Pescara, Italy	#4 Scuderia Centro Sud	Lorenzo Bandini Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results

Manufacturers Championship

Points were awarded to the top 6 places, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, however manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race, with no points awarded to places filled by other cars from the same manufacturer..

Only half points were awarded at the Pescara race as it was staged over a four-hour duration, which was less than the FIA’s minimum requirement of six hours or 1000km.

Only the best 3 results out of the 5 race season counted towards the championship totals of each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets.

Pos [1]	Manufacturer [1]	SEB	TGA	NÜR	LMS	PES	Total
1	Ferrari	8	8	(6)	8	(4)	24
2	Maserati		3	8	3	(2)	14
3	Porsche	2	6	(1)	(2)	3	11
4	O.S.C.A.					1	1

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett points totals of their respective manufacturers in the 1961 World Sports Car Championship.

• Ferrari 250 TR61 & Ferrari 246 SP
• Maserati Tipo 61 & Maserati Tipo 63
• Porsche 718 RS61
• O.S.C.A. S1600